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Show GENERAL MILES Sajt Hurt Ij CantpirMj or In- lUni of DiBertnt Tribes. BUfTALO BILLTHINKSTrtCSITU-ATION BILLTHINKSTrtCSITU-ATION CRITICAL, IsiporUnt Tclfrrami from the In- dill Coanlrr, at Artay )tfadqnrters( By Telegraph to the Mws. THE IXBIAX KXCrrEKK.TT. Oewerml Ollea mill Brllerra tbe asmaaarer Iminstnrait. Yasiiinotox, Dec 2. Genvral lilies, lu an Interview today on the Indian trouble?, said lie believed the liaogeT imminent. The eerIouncs of Lite tituatiun, be" said, bos not been vxnggeratcxl. TbedisaOVctiou Uruore liable to sriretul tlian for yrai-. Tlieie Is a conspiracy of Indians In-dians of dIUerent tribes that have beretoforobeen hostile, but nro now in full sympathy with each other, each scattered ovir a large area of country. Thecaua of the dlfll-culty dlfll-culty ore easy of location, lu-Btifflcicnt lu-Btifflcicnt food tupplics, religious delusion an J the Innate dUjioaitiou of the f avao to go t3 war must be beld reaponftlbir. General Jtiles rtfirrcd to the great necetsity wliicii exists for more cavalrj. "Although," he said, "we have about two thousand mounted men, wo have plenty of infantry, but you caunot catch a mounted Indiau with white foot-Soldien.." foot-Soldien.." "Is It not a novel proceeding for the Indians to go on the warpath at the beginning of winter?" queried, the reporter. "Yea, in some respects it Is," replied re-plied the general. "Their argument is good, though. They are better armed than ever, and their cupply of horses is all that could be desired. Krery buck has a Winchester rifle and knows how to use it. These hot!les have been starved Into energy, and they will prefer to die fighting rather than starve peacefully. I Dope tho prob-I:tn prob-I:tn may be solved, without bloodshed, blood-shed, but such a happy ending to the trouble seems Improbable." BUFFALO BILL TlIIMvS TUB SITUATION SITU-ATION cnmcAL. Man-dan, Dec 2. Buffalo 11III, who has ust returned, (rum Sitting Hull's camp, looks on the situation as critical. Tbe bucks said Uuy were going to dance all winter or die, and if tbey did die it would be a good medicine, as they Mould come to life again in the spring. If It was spring there would be war. Troops are arriving daily and getting get-ting into position, thus giving tbe unprotected settlers more confidence. confi-dence. If Geniral Miles can't handle this question, no other man need try. lill-ORTANT TALEGRAX1S. Chicago, Dec. 2. At army headquarters this morniug orders were given all employes to remain at their desks unless special leave 1-granted. 1-granted. There are important telegrams tele-grams from the Indian country, but General Williams refused to divulge the contents until Genera Miles' arrival from Waahlugtou. Tbe situation is regarded as critical. criti-cal. General Brooke telrgrapl s: "A number of Ilosehud Indians, with some from Pine Ilidge agency and some Iroui Lower Brule and Standing Itock agencies, to the number of 3000, have gathered on White River, above the rao Jth, and are very deflaut." SNOW DRIVES Tlin INDIANS OFF. I'lEBRE, Dec 2. Letters were received re-ceived today from the commindanu. at Fort Sully and Poit Bennett, stating that the Indian frontier, so far as that country Is concerned, is perfectly safe. An officer returned from a personal visit to Hump's and Big Foot's cam j a ou Cherry Creek. and states the cold weather and snow have driven the Inditnsln from the ghot dances. They ad. vise that ail settleni pro-urerlflei-and plenty of ammunition this winter, because the ilaugtr, of au outbreak in the -priu is greaL |